Tetsuya Yamagami

Tetsuya Yamagami is a Japanese who assassinated Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan on 8 July 2022 in Nara. A resident of Nara, he was arrested at the scene of the assassination. At the time of his arrest, he was 41 years old, had no prior criminal history, and was unemployed. His criminal trial began in Nara on 28 October 2025. Yamagami was sentenced to life in prison on 21 January 2026.